Great Day in a Great Town

Yakima Avenue - the main street downtown


Old Train Depot - now a restaurant

one of many old stone churches 100+ years old

Capital Theater - live theater

Today has been such a great day, we decided to walk around downtown. We took a few pictures a long the way......What a great place this is. We love our new town.

Wedding

Yesterday we went to a friend's wedding near Olympia. Mark flew in from Boston to be a groomsman. He arrived late Saturday and flew out late Sunday. It was a whirlwind trip for all of us, but well worth it. It was good seeing old friends and, especially Mark. Here are a couple of pictures of Mark and his friend, Stephen James, as well as, the newly weds.

Happy Birthday, Drew

Our first born is 33 years old today. Sadly, he's on the other side of the world, but it won't be long now and he'll be back with us. We did celebrate his daughter Hannah's 7th birthday today, although it is another 2 days until her real birthday.

Apple Harvest

It is harvest time once again the Yakima valley. There seems to be an abundance of fresh produce everywhere. We went out for a walk in our neighborhood this morning and walked past this apple orchard. The branches are so heavily laden, it seems they will break.
In case you are wondering......yes, these apples do taste as good as they look.

Last Summer Days

In these last days of summer, we celebrated Hannah's 7th birthday at the pool yesterday. There are not too many of these warm summer days left.

When my dear friend Charlene was here a few days ago, we also noticed the summer days were waning. We took a hike in the Cowiche Canyon and notices some leaves starting to change colors. It seems fall is in the air.

Tobacco Growing

We went to the reservation today and discovered that the Yakama tribe grows its own tobacco. What a surprise! We had no idea tobacco could grow in this climate. We stopped along the side of the road and snapped this picture.

Labor Day Week-End

Long-time friends Barb and Jim Sullivan came over for a visit on their Harley this week-end. We had a wonderful visit with our greatly missed Woodinville friends. We cooked fresh, wild salmon on a cedar plank on our new grill.
We're trying to get them to move over to the sunny side of the mountains. They're thinking about it....

Yesterday we went blueberry picking with Sarah (daughter-in-law), her sister, and their parents. All together we picked more than 65 pounds - 21 of those pounds were ours to bring home. I love blueberries, so now I have enough to last me a while.

Shopping Cart

We were out recently and came upon this huge shopping cart. It is actually a vehicle - look closely and you'll see seats, a steering wheel, and an exhaust pipe.